Kid Cyclone fights the Devil and other stories
By: Xavier Garza
Publisher: Piñata Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Houston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 86
ISBN-13: 9781558855991
Subjects: Cuentos juveniles; Short stories; Spanish language materials; Upside-down books; Libros bilingües; Horror stories; Specimens; Cuentos de terror
Other titles: Kid Ciclón se enfrenta a el Diablo y otras historias
Description: Cousins Maya and Vincent are thrilled to be ring side at a lucha libre match. Kid Cyclone, the wrestling world's favorite hero who also happens to be the kids' beloved uncle, is facing off against a devil-masked opponent, El Diablo. "No masked devil can beat my uncle. Not even the real devil himself," declares Maya. But the real devil doesn't take kindly to such disrespect, and soon Kid Cyclone finds himself fighting the most hellish challenger of all! Popular kids' book author Xavier Garza returns with another collection of stories featuring spooky characters from Mexican-American folklore. There's a witch that takes the shape of a snake in order to poison and punish those who disregard her warnings; green-skinned, red-eyed creatures called chupacabras that suck the blood from wild pigs, but would just as soon suck the blood from a human who has lost his way in the night; a young girl disfigured in a fire set by a scorned lover who gets her revenge as the Donkey Lady; and the Elmendorf Beast, said to have the head of a wolf with skin so thick it's impervious to shotgun blasts.
Notes: Spanish version translated from the English.

Titles from separate title pages; works issued back-to-back and inverted.

Text in English and Spanish.
Table of contents: title: The mirror = El espejo; title: The witch owl = La bruja lechuza; title: The witch's revenge = La venganza de la bruja; title: The Elmendorf Beast = La bestia de Elmendorf; title: Llorona 9-1-1 = Llorona 9-1-1; title: Border watch = Cuidando la frontera; title: Donkey Lady = La Señora de los asnos; title: Giggles the Clown = El Payaso Giggles; title: The ghost in the Red Room = El fantasma en el Cuarto Rojo; title: The Man with the Burlap Sack = El Hombre del Saco de Manta; title: Night of the Red Devil = La noche del Diablo rojo; title: The winged beasts of Elotes County = Las bestias de alas del Condado de Elotes Santos; title: Saints = Santos; title: Kid Cyclone fights the Devil = Kid Ciclón se enfrenta a El Diablo.